Since our last update, we went for an elephant ride up to a water fall. The elephant ride was not quite what we expected, but an experience we will remember. We were driven to this elephant business where we were put pretty much straight onto the back of an elephant from an elevated platform. We were on the same elephant sitting side by side in quite a comfortable saddle. From the first moment, something was not as we expected. There was a sherpa who was obviousl...

We are now in a national park called Khao Sok. It is fairly well known, and most of the travel books recommend it as a great place to see animals in the wild. We had half a day's travelling from Ton Sai to get here and are staying in a little tree hut. We are paying $8 a night for the accomodation which is owned and run by a british bloke who happens to be an excellent cook. We have both been a bit crook in the guts (Kerry quite a bit worse than i), i suspect we ...